Obama says he'll order review of executive orders

Barack Obama told House Democrats on Tuesday that as president he would order his attorney general to scour White House executive orders and expunge any that "trample on liberty," several lawmakers said. Presidents, as head of the executive branch of government, issue such orders to direct operations of executive branch agencies, li

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Documents show Georgia's Secretary of State knew of Diebold

Documents provided to RAW STORY by a whistleblower close to Cox’s office show that one of the key problems Georgia officials were trying to resolve was related to an unauthorized patch installed on machines prior to the election.

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WA Post: Justice Officials Repeatedly Broke Law on Hiring

Former Justice Department counselor Monica M. Goodling and former chief of staff D. Kyle Sampson routinely broke the law by conducting political litmus tests on candidates for jobs as immigration judges and line prosecutors, according to an inspector general's report released today.

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Way to spot suspicious activity, Bank of America. NOT.

I used to think identity theft was just an over-hyped gimmick to get people to pay for credit reports and monitoring. That is, until my checking account was cleared out. Turns out, most major banks are not well equipped to handle ID theft, or even your money for that matter.

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CBS Busted Violating its own Standards to Help McCain

CBS probably violated its own rules (Standards and Practice) by altering the video of Katie Couric’s interview with McCain that left out his major blunder on this issue and then broadcast it on our airwaves. CBS should not paste together separate answers from different questions to make it appear like an answer was fluid.

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Rights group wants US officials probed for ordering torture

A Nobel-prize-winning rights group said US officials committed war crimes by ordering what the group says was torture of detainees, and called for them to be probed and prosecuted.

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Bush Tours America To Survey Damage Caused By His Presidency

Onion News does a satirical sketch of President Bush touring America to comfort those who have been hurt by his Presidency.

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Another Soulless Bush Appointee

The Office of Special Counsel (OSC) is latest in the long list of agencies tainted with the hallmark trio of Bush characteristics of cronyism, corruption, and politicization. The only thing surprising about this story is that Bush knows so many soulless people to appoint to ruin agencies. POGO reports:

"Last week, in an extraordinary letter of resignation obtained by POGO, Deputy Jim Byrne stated that the agency is in desperate need of a leader who can put "OSC's mission and OSC's people ahead of political agendas and personal vendettas." Bloch is currently being investigated by a Grand Jury, the Office of Personnel Management Inspector General, and the FBI for retaliating against career employees in his agency, obstructing justice, and using his office for political purposes, among other things."

Terrorism Funds May Let Brass Fly in Style

The Air Force's top leadership sought for three years to spend counterterrorism funds on 'comfort capsules' to be installed on military planes that ferry senior officers and civilian leaders around the world, with at least four top generals involved in design details such as the color of the...

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